Alphonse Legros
1861
Artist, French, 1833 - 1914
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of George Matthew Adams in memory of his mother, Lydia Havens Adams
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Dimensions
image: 14.7 × 10.9 cm (5 13/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
plate: 16.6 × 11.7 cm (6 9/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
sheet: 29.1 × 20.4 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1946.4.12
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Catalogue Raisonné
Beraldi, no. 73, State ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
George Matthew Adams [1878 - 1962], New York, (Lugt 59); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1946.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1947
Prints and Drawings by Alphonse Legros, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1947, no cat.
Bibliography
1885
Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892.
1987
Bouillon, Jean-Paul. Félix Bracquemond, Le Réalisme Absolu: oeuvre gravé 1849-1859, catalogue raisonné, Geneva: Skira, 1987.
Inscriptions
recto: lower right, below image, in ink: Bracquemond. [underlined]; upper right corner, in graphite: (B93); lower left corner, in graphite: A95526; lower right, in graphite: A. Legros; verso, lower center, in graphite, A95526; lower right, in graphite: HY.
Markings
recto: stamped in blue ink: George Matthew Adams (Lugt 59)
Watermarks
[fragment of letters] / 18
Wikidata ID
Q65072187